fol·low /fɒloʊ/ ( follows, following, followed ) CET4

Please look at meanings 16-18 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.

• V-T/V-I If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them because you want to go to the same place. 跟随

  例: We followed him up the steps into a large hall.

  我们跟他上了台阶，进入一个大厅。

  例: Please follow me, madam.

  夫人，请跟我来。

  例: They took him into a small room and I followed.

  他们把他带进一间小屋，我跟了过去。

• V-T If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them without their knowledge, in order to catch them or find out where they are going. 跟踪

  例: She realized that the Mercedes was following her.

  她意识到那辆奔驰在跟踪她。

• V-T If you follow someone to a place where they have recently gone and where they are now, you go to join them there. 跟随

  例: He followed Janice to New York, where she was preparing an exhibition.

  他跟随贾妮丝去了纽约，她正在那儿准备一个展览。

• V-T/V-I An event, activity, or period of time that follows a particular thing happens or comes after that thing, at a later time. 在…后到来; 接着…发生

  例: ...the rioting and looting that followed the verdict.

  …判决之后发生的暴乱和抢劫。

  例: Other problems may follow.

  其它问题也许会随之而来。

• V-T If you follow one thing with another, you do or say the second thing after you have done or said the first thing. 随后做

  例: Her first major role was in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" and she followed this with a part in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever."

  她首先在马丁·斯柯席斯的《好家伙》中演了重要角色，随后又演了斯派克·李的《丛林热》。

  PHRASAL VERB Follow up means the same as follow. 随后做

  例: The book proved such a success that the authors followed it up with "The Messianic Legacy."

  该书获得了如此大的成功，以至作者随后又出了一本《天主的遗产》。

• V-T/V-I If it follows that a particular thing is the case, that thing is a logical result of something else being true or being the case. 理所当然

  例: Just because a bird does not breed one year, it does not follow that it will fail the next.

  不能仅仅因为鸟一年没有繁殖就推断它下一年也不会繁殖。

  例: If the explanation is right, two things follow.

  如果该解释正确，那么就有两种情形。

• V-T/V-I If you refer to the words that follow or followed, you are referring to the words that come next or came next in a piece of writing or speech. 接下来

  例: What follows is an eye-witness account.

  接下来是目击者的陈述。

  例: There followed a list of places where Hans intended to visit.

  接下来是一张汉斯打算参观的地点列表。

• V-T If you follow a path, route, or set of signs, you go somewhere using the path, route, or signs to direct you. 沿着…走

  例: If they followed the road, they would be certain to reach a village.

  如果他们沿着这条路走，一定会抵达一个村庄。

  例: All we had to do was follow the map.

  所有我们要做的是按照地图走。

• V-T If something such as a path or river follows a particular route or line, it goes along that route or line. 沿着

  例: Our route follows the Pacific coast through densely populated neighborhoods.

  我们一路沿着太平洋海岸，穿过人口稠密的街区。

• V-T If you follow something with your eyes, or if your eyes follow it, you watch it as it moves or you look along its route or course. (视线) 随…而移动

  例: Ann's eyes followed a police car as it drove slowly past.

  安的眼睛注视着一辆缓缓开过的警车。

• V-T Something that follows a particular course of development happens or develops in that way. 按照…方式发展

  例: His release turned out to follow the pattern set by that of the other six hostages.

  他的获释方式结果和其他6位人质相同。

• V-T If you follow someone in what you do, you do the same thing or job as they did previously. 沿袭

  例: He followed his father and became a surgeon.

  他沿袭了他父亲，成了一名外科医生。

• PHRASE You use as follows in writing or speech to introduce something such as a list, description, or an explanation. 如下

  例: The winners are as follows: E. Walker; R. Foster; R. Gates; A. Mackintosh.

  获胜者如下：E.沃克、R.福斯特、R.盖茨和A.麦金托什。

• PHRASE You use followed by to say what comes after something else in a list or ordered set of things. 由…紧接着

  例: Potatoes are still the most popular food, followed by white bread.

  土豆仍然是最受欢迎的食品，其次为白面包。

• →see also following

• to follow in someone's footsteps →see footstep

• to follow your nose →see nose

• to follow suit →see suit